-Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan-

Dr. Saeko KITA, Senior Research Seismologist, was awarded the Prize for Young Scientist’s Prize of the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2018. The awarding ceremony was held at the hall of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on April 17th, 2018.
Young Scientist’s Prize is the award given to those who achieve remarkable results on one’s research which shows advanced research and development capabilities, such as exploratory research, research based on a creative point of view. Dr. Kita won the prize by accomplishing remarkable research achievements on “Study of intraslab seismicity and its generation mechanisms”